Wednesday, 2 March 2011

FA Cup fifth round replay
Venue: The Emirates Date: Wednesday, 2 March Kick-off: 1945 GMT
Coverage: BBC Sport website, BBC Radio 5 live, BBC local radio.

TEAM NEWS
Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia will start with Wojciech Szczesny on the bench against Leyton Orient.

Robin van Persie (knee), Cesc Fabregas (hamstring), Theo Walcott (ankle), Laurent Koscielny (hamstring) and Alex Song (knee) have been ruled out.

Leyton Orient's Jonathan Tehoue was his side's hero in the first game and has recovered from a migraine to play.

Harry Kane is suspended but Steve Dawson (knee), Matthew Spring (calf) and Jimmy Smith (hamstring) are doubts.

BIG-MATCH FACTS
The tie in context

• Leyton Orient are the sole surviving League One representatives in the FA Cup, and the lowest ranked club left in the competition.

Winners to play

• Away to Manchester United in the quarter-finals on Saturday, 12 March (1715 GMT)

Gulf in class

• Arsenal are 53 places higher than Leyton Orient in the league standings.

Head-to-head

• This is the 12th competitive meeting of these clubs.

• Leyton Orient have only won two of the previous 11, and have never beaten Arsenal away from home.

FA Cup records and best performances

• The O's earned this replay, courtesy of an 89th minute equaliser from Jonathan Tehoue.

Arsenal 1-1 Leyton Orient, Jan)

• That was the first time Leyton Orient held the Gunners in five FA Cup meetings, and only the second time they had scored against them in the competition.

The clubs

ARSENAL

Current form

• Smarting from Sunday's late Carling Cup defeat to Birmingham at Wembley.

• That defeat followed an 11-match undefeated sequence of nine wins and two draws.

• Won the last seven league and cup matches at the Emirates Stadium.

• Not lost in 13 at home, since Tottenham's 3-2 triumph in the Premier League on 20 November.

FA Cup form

• This is their third successive round against lower league opposition, and the second occasion that they have been taken to a replay.

• Last eliminated by a club outside the top two divisions in January 1992, when Wrexham prevailed 2-1 at the Racecourse Ground.

• Since winning the cup for the 10th and most recent time in 2005, Arsenal have only progressed beyond the fifth round stage once. They were semi-finalists in the season before last.

• If they do not concede, it will be Arsenal's 150th clean sheet in FA Cup history.

LEYTON ORIENT

Current form

• Undefeated in 13 league and cup games.

• Won seven and drawn six since losing 5-0 to Brighton on New Years' Day; their only loss in 22.

FA Cup form

• Already accounted for Championship high-fliers Norwich and Swansea.

• Not qualified for the quarter-finals since their club record run in 1978, which culminated in a 3-0 defeat to Arsenal in the semi-finals at Stamford Bridge.

• Fulham was the last Premier League club they ousted; 2-1 away from home in the third round in January 2006.

Match officials

Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

Assistant referees: Stephen Child and Scott Ledger

Fourth official: Lee Probert